Food composition.



v UNITED STATES Patented March 1, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

FOOD COMPOSITION.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 753,685. dated March 1,1904. i Application filed August 29, 1902. Serial No. 121,640. (No pecimens.)

To allwhom it may concern:

Beit known that I, EDwA nDREIss, of San 7 Antonio, in the .county of Bexar, State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Composition of Matter Relating to Food Products,

of which the following is a complete specificaas follows:- best flour,'preferably of wheat,

two hundred pounds; Mexican chilli pepper,

four pounds; Mexican cominos, four ounces;

Mexican oregano, fourv ounces; garlic, one and one-fourth ounces; extract of beef, one-e1ghth pound; essence of celery, four-ounces; water,

substantially pure, about seven and one-half gallons.

- Y The solid ingredients above specified after having been finely pulverized are thoroughly mixed, all of the ingredients being included in the initial mixing operation except the water. To insure the thorough mixing of the ingredients, and especially in the commercial manufacture of my compound, it is expedient 5o employed in the manufacture of macaroni.

toemploy a suitable mixing-machine operated by power; but the use of machinery of this description for the purpose specified is.

gwell understood in the manufacture of similar products and requires no more in this place than the mere suggestion above offered.

After the mixing operation above specified is completed the water is gradually added until a stiff dough is made, which is then thoroughly kneaded and rolled, preferably on machines made for this purpose and of familiar use in the art, until the dough becomes perfectly smooth when cut'by a knife. The dough produced in the manner above specified when properly dried or cured constitutes my product ready for consumption; but to make it acceptable to the trade, .and, indeed,'to facilitate the drying and curing operation I prefer to prepare'it in the-form of vermicelli tubes or thimbles, which may be accomplished by any of the ordinary means- For example, a mass of doughis .placed in a suitable hydraulic press, and being forced out.

- not is spread 'upon trays and is cured by drying in an airy space or room. After being cured in the manner specified the product'be comes a hard brittle substance, which is not liable to be affected by climate, which can be packed and shipped like macaroni, and which when properly cooked or prepared for the .table affords a dish. of a peculiarly agreeable and distinctive relish. t

The proportions of ingredients above specified are those which I prefer as giving com paratively satisfactory results, both with .respect to the keeping qualities of the product and with respect to the requirements of taste; but it is obvious that the proportions of the flavoring materials and spices may be varied within a considerable range, thereby modify-v ing in a variety of 'ways the taste or flavorof the article without materially departing fromthescope of my invention.

What I claim is 1. The herein-describedcoinposition of mat- I ter consisting of flour, Mexican chilli pepper,

* Mexican cominos, Mexican oregano, garlic,

extract of beef, essence of celery and Water,

all combined substantially in the proportions and in the manner specified.

2; The herein-described composition of matter consisting of flour, Mexican chilli pepper, Mexican cominos, Mexican oregano, garlic, extract of beef, and essence of celery, all combined substantially in the proportionsand in the manner specified. v

In testimony of all which I have herellnto subscribed my name. 4

EDWARD DREISS. Witnesses;

C. A. Gonrn, J. E. WEBB. 

